@JuneEvery time I create a new Ikebana, I walk through the forrest, have a look for the right bough or moss.This Ike have an alnus bough from the forest. From my garden tulips, iberis sempervirenz, skimmia japonica.

If you create an ikebana, you have an idea created by nature, nature is the inspiration, so it looks lightlybut this is the difficulty. The basic is math. like pythagoras without an numerary but with the meaningsky, human, earth. In this Ike is the alnus the sky, tulips human, skimmia & iberis the earth.

Hi Iris, Nice Ikebana! There definitely is an underlying philosophy between Ikebana and Japanese gardening. My wife is a teacher in the Ikenobo school, do you train in a particular school? Happy Holidays